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@alinecunio6864 This song is part of a playlist: Best French Songs with English Subtitles - 1960s: See other Best French Songs playlist by different decades with English Subtitles/ Lyrics/Translation: 1910s: 1920s: 1930s: 1940s: 1950s: 1970s: 1980s: 1990s: 2000s: 2010s: 2020s: LE MORIBOND: The song express Jacques Brel thoughts on major contacts or love that one can acquired in a life time and how he would say goodbye to all when he dies. A good guy whom he can trust, a priest with whom he has different belief, a wife lover who saddens him to still be strong and alive and a wife who is unfaithful. But the things he wants more to remember is the good time he had, repeated in the chorus. “Seasons in the Sun“ is an English-language adaptation of the song “Le Moribond“. JAQUES BREL: Jacques Romain Georges Brel was born on 8 April 1929 in, Brussels. Jacques and his older brother Pierre grew up in an austere household, and attended a Catholic primary school. Brel did well in reading and writing, but struggled through arithmetic and Dutch. Brel was close to his mother, fascinated by her generosity and sense of humour, which he inherited. In 1942 he attended the Institut Saint-Louis. There he helped set up the school's drama club, taking on his first stage roles with great enthusiasm. He wrote short stories, poems, and essays. In 1944, at the age of 15, Brel began playing the guitar. The following year he formed his own theatre group with friends and began writing plays. Despite his growing talent for writing, Brel was not a good student, and failed many of his exams. With an academic career not in his future, the 18-year-old Brel went to work at his father's cardboard factory in August 1947. The work was not very inspiring. In 1952 Brel began writing songs and performing them at family gatherings and on Brussels' cabaret circuit. That year he performed on a local radio station for the first time. He left for Paris in 1953 where he worked hard to get his career off the ground. In 1954 Brel made his first appearance at the prestigious Olympia Theatre in Paris and released his first album: Jacques Brel et ses Chansons (“Jacques Brel and His Songs“) He performed in many venues and by 1962 he was so popular he returned to the Olympia music hall in Paris with star billing, after Marlene Dietrich cancelled at the last minute. Many critics point to these inspired performances as the turning point in his career. The audiences responded with rapturous applause and the critics proclaimed him as the new star of French chanson. In 1972 Brel re-recorded 11 of the better-known songs from the early years of his music career. The result was the album Ne me quitte pas (Don't leave me), which contained the title track, “Marieke“, “Les Flamandes“ (Flemish women), “Quand on n'a que l'amour“ (When you only have love), “Les Biches“ (The does), “Le Moribond“ (The dying man), “La Valse à mille temps“ (The waltz in thousand time), and “Je ne sais pas“ (I don't know). In the Francophone world, Brel left an enduring influence on music and culture. Further afield his influence has been somewhat tempered by differences in language, though he has influenced many artists globally. And more than 50 top international artists have covered his songs.
